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Manila Is Building Out A 100,000-Strong Network Of Electric Trikes
Giving the city's three-wheeled taxi network an electric upgrade.
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How 500 Startups-backed SocialCops gets to the bottom of the pyramid with big data
India, like most developing countries, struggles to bridge the gulf between authorities and the common man. Even the best of intentions come to naught when the benefits of welfare schemes don’t reach the people who need them the most — and those in high places can’t seem to figure out why.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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India’s battle against unneeded medical care finds World Bank support
India needs to curtail excessive medical care that leads to patient overspending as more people get health insurance, the World Bank said on Thursday, adding voice to a growing chorus against overtreatment in the country.
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Indian government aims to open 7.5 crore bank accounts by August 15, 2018
The NDA government has drafted a new financial inclusion plan that aims to open 7.5 crore bank accounts in rural and urban areas and extend financial services to all citizens by August 15, 2018.
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Incofin floats ProPulse Fund to back microfinance cos, targets institutions
Incofin has backed microfinance firms such as Annapurna, Fusion and Grameen Koota in India.
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Reserve Bank of India survey finds 47 percent of banking agents ‘untraceable’
The success of the government’s thrust on financial inclusion, which largely hinges on the role played by business correspondents (BCs), is faced with a harsh reality check.
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- Impact Assessment
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Mobile wallet a distant dream in India
Despite a huge unbanked population and 700 million cellphone connections, the concept of mobile wallet will take some time to become popular in India as people are still unaware of its larger benefits like financial inclusion, even as the standards to make it functional are yet to be in place, experts maintain.
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Taking financial inclusion beyond bank accounts in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared the grand financial inclusion plan last week, which he is going to unveil on August 15.
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